I'm amazed!

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“Hope for the world lives on.”

The US city run by Muslim Americans - BBC News

Once a Polish enclave, Hamtramck, Michigan is now the first US city with an all-Muslim government.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[NauticalGent]

I'm not. Islam and Christianity are much more similar that most Americans think or want to believe. Our Government needed us to hate them and fear them (just like the Germans, Japanese and Russians) to justify the "war".

I have a LOT of fun telling my devout Pentecostal in-laws that the God the Muslims worship and call Allah is the very same God we all sing about every Sunday. It gets REAL fun, REAL fast in the Clark household!

 

[NauticalGent]

I like the 7-layer cake analogy too...very good article!

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

There's a town near me "Reading" that's >>>red<<< >>>ing<<< to you foreigners!

Not >>>read<<< >>>ing<<<

It has a multitude of nationality's...

One group formed by ex Gurkhas, from Nepal have a cafe. It's a traditional cafe for their own folk, although anyone is welcome. They serve traditional Nepalese food.

I particularly like Thupka:-

Thukpa - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

which is a spicy noodle soup.

I endeavour to have it when I'm that way....

The government has tried to stop the retired Gurkhas (British Army Soldiers) from settling in the UK, insisting they return to Nepal.

However Johanna Lumley has come to their aid.

Meanwhile, 1000 immigrants a day are arriving from France, crossing the channel in all sorts of rickety vessels, and being welcomed with open arms!

I think I might have to immigrate to America, mind you I'm probably too old, the only way I could get in is by flying to Mexico, crossing the border and then I too would be welcome with open arms!

 

[NauticalGent]

C'mon over...I hear they are looking for Access Devs in Northern PA!

If you come via Virginia, I have some cigars and single malt to ease your journey...

 

[conception_native_0123]

I have a LOT of fun telling my devout Pentecostal in-laws that the God the Muslims worship and call Allah is the very same God we all sing about every Sunday

it also begs the question: why do muslims hate so much when someone tells them that Jesus is the only true God?

 

[Darrell]

it also begs the question: why do muslims hate so much when someone tells them that Jesus is the only true God?

Probably for the same reason as me when people tell me that my imaginary friend isn't real.

 

[Isaac]

it also begs the question: why do muslims hate so much when someone tells them that Jesus is the only true God?

@NauticalGent
Adam makes a pretty good point. If both people from both religions are both telling you that they're not worshiping the same God, does not kind of tell you anything? Maybe they're not..

 

[The_Doc_Man]

it also begs the question: why do muslims hate so much when someone tells them that Jesus is the only true God?

Jewish and Muslim faiths do not acknowledge Jesus as divine, only as a teacher and prophet. Their faith is based more on the Pentateuch / Torah / first five books of the O.T., which doesn't include anything about the trinity. Therefore, to say (to a non-Christian) that a prophet is the only true God when there is a discernibly different entity in that role is not going to work well.

It is probably a similar reason as to why Muslims hate it when you say that Muhammad was a drug user and child molester, although there is some evidence that both statements are true.

 

[Vulpeccula]

Some say Jesus was the messenger, some say it was Muhammed, I don't give two hoots who the messenger was - DID WE GET THE MESSAGE!!

 

[conception_native_0123]

DID WE GET THE MESSAGE!!

that's a good point as well. ha!

 

[NauticalGent]

they're not worshiping the same God, does not kind of tell you anything? Maybe they're not..

What that tells me is that both sides are being intentionally clueless and just want to be obstructive to true world peace.

 

[conception_native_0123]

just want to be obstructive to true world peace.

classic stance from a non-believer.

 

[conception_native_0123]

Muhammad was a drug user and child molester

evidence or WAS it actually true? is it?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I don't know exactly how scholarly the article is, but this includes references to his 3rd wife being 6 years old at marriage and POSSIBLY as young as 9 when the marriage was consummated.

Criticism of Muhammad - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Whether he was actually a drug user is hard to say, but some of his seizures might have been psycho-medically induced.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Winston Churchill got a lot of flak because of his words about Islam.

Winston Churchill on Islam

Rumor: Winston Churchill commented on the 'dreadful curses of Mohammedanism' in his 1899 book 'The River Wars.'

www.snopes.com

Churchill on Islam

Churchill on Islam were nuanced, and quite different from imperialists of the time, some of whom regarded him as a dangeorus radical.

winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu

 

[conception_native_0123]

Any world leader would get flak for what they say about a religion if it is a controversial in the slightest

 

[conception_native_0123]

And we can always count on Pat to write a book, can't we?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Only if I don't write it first.

 

[conception_native_0123]

i don't think i've ever seen you write a long drawn out thing like Pat or steve R do, Richard.